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...."The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 

Ask the Lord of the harvest,

therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

 (Luke 10:2)

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - The earthly sanctuary and the heavenly sanctuary(Church of God)

The earthly sanctuary and the heavenly sanctuary


As mentioned, the earthly sanctuary built by Moses was the shadow of the heavenly sanctuary where Christ would offer the true sacrifices as the mediator in the future.

When we pray to God at the appointed times every day and on the Sabbath day, Christ serves as priest in the heavenly sanctuary, so our prayers go up before God with the smoke of the incense to be answered. At the prayer times in God's commanded feasts, too, Christ serves as priest and mediator in the heavenly sanctuary, so we are able to communicate with God.

※ Mediator is the one who goes between two groups or persons to help them work out their differences and come to agreement. Christ became the fellowship offering to reconcile us to God. He was the mediator between God and us. He turned the heart of God to their children and the hearts of the children to God by establishing the new covenant (Heb 9:15; Ro 3:25).

The Apostle Paul wrote that the saints in the Old Testament times kept the feasts of God on earth and the saints in the New Testament times are keeping the feasts of the new covenant in heaven (Heb 12:22-23).

Therefore, through the regulations kept in the earthly sanctuary, we can understand the heavenly sanctuary and the meaning of the feasts which are kept in the heavenly sanctuary. Unless we understand the heavenly sanctuary, we can never understand the feasts of the new covenant nor observe them.

Christ is still mediating for us in the heavenly sanctuary. He causes the prayers of the saints to come before God at the times of regular burnt offering, of the Sabbath day services and of the feasts. Let us give thanks to Christ for His mediation and keep the decrees and laws of God holy so that we can have the forgiveness of our sins.
 
 

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - The tree of life and the Ten Commandments(wms cog)

The tree of life and the Ten Commandments


The priests offered the sacrifices in the tabernacle according to the regulations. Among the furnishings in the tabernacle, the most important one was the ark of the covenant which had the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them. The ark of the covenant was placed in the Most High Place. No one could enter the Most Holy Place except the high priest. He entered it just once a year, after making atonement by sprinkling an animal's blood on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:6-34, Heb 9:1-11).

The gold cover which covered the ark of the covenant was called the atonement cover. On the atonement cover, there were two cherubim with wings. These cherubim represented the cherubim protecting the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. This means that God gave us the Ten Commandments instead of the tree of life which was in the Garden of Eden.

If anyone entered the Most Holy Place, where was the Ten Commandments [the tree of life], he could not avoid death. When Aaron's two sons offered unauthorized fire before God, they were burnt to death by fire coming from God (Lev 10:1-2). Uzzah took hold of the ark of the covenant and died right away (2 Sa 6:6-8).

This is because the cherubim protecting the tree of life in the Garden of Eden had a flaming sword (Ge 3:24.).

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - Solomon and building the temple(wms cog)

Solomon and building the temple
Solomon became king after David. He went to the tabernacle at the high place in Gibeon (the tabernacle which Moses had built was there) and offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. He received blessings of wisdom, riches and honor from God and began to build the temple of God right away in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, and completed it in the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month.
He spent seven years and 6 months building it (1 Ki 6:1-38).
When the temple of God was built in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah (2 Ch 3:1), King Solomon gathered the priests, carried the ark of the covenant which was in the Jerusalem City, and placed it in the Most High Place. He then prayed to God and offered up the burnt offering. God accepted the offering. Fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering (2 Ch 5:1-7:1).

The structure of the tabernacle
The tabernacle was a rectangular moveable temple, width of 50 cubits and length of 100 cubits.
※ Cubit : an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, usually from 17 to 21 inches. There is a bit of difference depending on the generations and regions.
The entrance of the tabernacle faced the east, and the Most Holy Place, where the throne of God was, the west. The altar of burnt offering for presenting offerings by fire was placed in front of the entrance, the basin for washing the hands and feet was placed in front of the sanctuary. The sanctuary was divided into the main hall and the inner sanctuary. The main hall was called the Holy Place, the inner sanctuary the Most Holy Place.

In the Holy Place were the gold altar of incense, the gold lampstands, the tables of the Presence for the bread of the Presence. In the Most Holy Place was the ark of the covenant which had the Ten Commandments in it. There was a curtain between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place; the curtain blocked the way to the Most Holy Place. However, when Christ Jesus died on the cross, the curtain which was blocking the way to the Most Holy Place from the Holy Place was torn in two from top to bottom, and the way to the Most Holy Place was opened (Mt 27:50).
We hadn't been able to enter the Most Holy Place, but the way to the Most Holy Place was opened. We are now able to enter the Most Holy Place freely, following the Christ (Heb 6:19-20). To say it again, the way to the tree of life, the way to live, which had been blocked till then was opened (Heb 10:19).

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - David carried the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem

David carried the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem

Afterwards David became the king of Israel, and Israel became peaceful. King David planned to bring back the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem which was in the house of Abinadab at that time.

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah the son of Abinadab reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. The anger of God burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there by the ark of God.

David was afraid of God that day and brought the ark to the house of Obe-edom the Gittite. After a few months David heard that God had blessed the house of Obe-edom, so he went there again and brought it to Jerusalem.

After the ark of the covenant was brought into Jerusalem, King David planned to build a temple for God.

2 Sa 7:2 "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains."

God didn't allow David to build the temple, but told him that the temple would be built in the time of his descendant after him, who will come forth from (2 Sa 7:1-13). David obeyed the word of God that the temple would be built in the time of his son, and prepared all the materials for the building of the temple (1 Ch 22:2-19).

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - The tabernacle in the land of Canaan (WMS COG)

The tabernacle in the land of Canaan

After entering the land of Canaan, the tabernacle which was made in the period of Moses was set up in Shiloh, and the ark of the covenant of God was placed in the tabernacle (Jos 18:1).
There were much meandering in the period of the judges. The ark of the covenant was in Shiloh until the time of Eli the judge. When the Israelites had a battle against the Philistines, Israelites fought against them with the ark of the covenant at the head to win the battle, but in the end a lot of people died and the ark of the covenant was stolen (1 Sa 4:1-22).
The Philistines placed the ark of the covenant in Dagon's temple. When they rose the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the God. They took Dagon and put him back in his place. But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of God.
They feared God of Israel and moved it to another place, but God brought a big disaster on that area, so the ark was moved to Beth Shemesh which is located around Israel (1 Sa 6:1-18).
But God struck down the men of Beth Shemesh, putting 50.070 of them to death because they had looked into the ark of God. The people mourned because of the heavy blow God had dealt them. Afterwards the ark was moved to Kiriath, and stayed in the house of Abinadab and remained there for 20 years (1 Sa 6:19-7:3).

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - The Ten Commandments and the Tabernacle-Church of God(wmscog)

The Ten Commandments and the Tabernacle

When Moses received the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them on Mount Sinai, God showed him the tabernacle in heaven. Moses came down from the mount and delivered the word of God to the people. To keep the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a tabernacle had to be built. So he made the people gather the materials for the tabernacle such as gold, silver, linen and cotton and so on. They brought freewill offerings every day, and so many materials to build a tabernacle were gathered that Moses told them not to bring any more (Ex 35:4-36:7).


Technicians such as Bezalel and Oholiab began to build a tabernacle, completed it on the 1st day of the first month the next year, and placed the ark of the covenant, which contained the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them, in the Most Holy Place.

The sanctuary was made of the tent of twisted thread. So the sanctuary was called the tent as well as the tabernacle. The tabernacle was not a stationary temple, but a movable one for the Israelites moved continually in the desert.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.
All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Do not be discouraged (Christ Ahnsahnghog&Jerusalem Mother-wmscog)

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God (WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Charaters - Nehemiah (Church of God&Jerusalem Mother)

Nehemiah is a prophet who completed his duty of rebuilding the wall of city Jerusalem, depending absolutely on God and fighting against those who interrupted the work of rebuilding.

Historical Background

When Judah was destroyed by Babylon, the Jerusalem temple was destroyed as well. Afterward in B.C. 537, King Cyrus of Persia who conquered Babylon was moved by the LORD God and made a proclamation and put it in writing to build the Jerusalem temple (Ezra 1:1-4).

However, afterward the enemies such as Rehum and Shimshai sent a letter to the king of Persia [Artaxerxes] and denounced that the Jews would rebel against him. Then the building of the temple was stopped for 15 years.

In the second year of Darius of Persia (B.C. 520), as prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied, the building of the temple began again.

This time also there were enemies who interrupted the work.

They sent a letter to King Darius, but because he knew what happened in the past, he commanded the Jews to build the temple in Jerusalem as King Cyrus did. He also let it be written that some of the tax to the king could be used for building the temple, and that if there was anyone who interrupted the building of the temple, he would be hung from a beam of his house and that if the kings destroyed the Jerusalem temple, he wanted God to destroy them.

So in the 6th year of King Darius (B.C. 516), the temple was completed.


Nehemiah Became a Governor of Judah

In the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia (who was different from the former king, Artaxerxes), there was a cupbearer to the king called Nehemiah. He feared God and kept His laws.

In the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, Nehemiah's brother Hanani and other men came to the citadel of Susa of Persia from Jerusalem in Judah and said to Nehemiah about Jerusalem, "The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire." When Nehemiah heard this, he wept and for some days he mourned and fasted and prayed before God.

One day in the month of Nisan, Nehemiah went before the king to give him wine. King Artaxerxes noticed that Nehemiah was sad and asked him for the reason. He told the king that his people were in suffering and the Jerusalem wall had been broken down and its gates had been burned with fire. Then he asked the king to let him go to rebuild the Jerusalem wall.

The LORD God moved the king, and he appointed Nehemiah to the governor of Judah and allowed him to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem.

The king made the keeper of the king's forest give Nehemiah timber, and for a safe travel to Jerusalem the king also sent army officers and cavalry with Nehemiah with letters to the governors. Nehemiah promised the king that he would come back in 12 years and left to Jerusalem.


Building the Wall of Jerusalem

When Sanballat the Horonite who was the governor of Samaria, and Tobiah who followed him heard that Nehemiah the governor of Judah came to rebuild Jerusalem, they were very disturbed and began to think how to interrupt him.

Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem and saw the walls broken down, and its gates destroyed by fire. He gathered the priests and nobles and officials and explained that God had moved King Artaxerxes and that he had been appointed as governor for rebuilding the wall.

Ne 2:17 『 … "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace."』

The people heard Nehemiah and began to rebuild the wall in teams. Every family including that of the priests participated in the rebuilding of the wall delightfully.
Sanballat from Samaria became angry and was greatly incensed when he heard that the Jews were rebuilding the wall. He ridiculed them, "What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble-burned as they are?" Tobiah who was at his side said, "What they are building-if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!"

However, Nehemiah and the Jews didn't care them and concentrated on rebuilding the wall and prayer. Then God helped the Jews and frustrated the enemies' plot. They all began to rebuild the wall.

Half of Nehemiah's men participated in the work of rebuilding, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. Each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. Every man who rebuilt the wall stayed inside Jerusalem at night to guard the wall and worked during the daytime. Nehemiah and his brothers and his men didn't even take off the clothes and participated in guarding and rebuilding the wall.

When the wall was almost completed, Sanballat, Tobiah and other enemies sent letters to Nehemiah and asked him to meet together. He knew their purpose was to harm him and refused to meet them and prayed to God even harder.

The enemies plotted again. They hired Shemaiah and made him give a wrong prophecy to Nehemiah. To intimidate the heart of Nehemiah, Shemaiah said to him, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you-by night they are coming to kill you."
However Nehemiah was concentrating only on rebuilding Jerusalem according to God's will, so the threat of the enemies didn't work.

The wall was completed 52 days after they began to rebuild it, fighting with the enemies. When the enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of God.

After the wall was rebuilt and Nehemiah set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. He put his brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel.

Nehemiah let the gates of Jerusalem be opened when the sun became hot, and made the appointed residents guard the wall. In the seventh month, all people gathered and learned the laws of God through Ezra the prophet and kept the Feast of Tabernacles holy.

They decided to keep all the laws of God such as the Sabbath day, Sabbath year and each annual feast. They also decided to make the priests serve for the sanctuary by making the people offer tithes, and not to intermarry with the Gentiles.

12 years passed and Nehemiah went back to Persia as he promised the king. Afterward, Nehemiah was allowed again by the king to return to Jerusalem.

When he returned to Jerusalem, he found out that Eliashib had provided Tobiah, who had disturbed building the wall, a large room in the temple, formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and oil prescribed for those who served for the temple, as well as the contributions for the priests.
Nehemiah learned about the evil thing and threw all Tobiah's household goods out of the room. He had the room purified, and then made that room to be used as the way it should be. He also found out that people didn't offer offerings properly to those who served for the temple, so they all had gone back to their own fields. So he reformed the system so that they could serve for the temple again.

Nehemiah also found out an evil thing that some Jews were treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys. They were bringing various things into Jerusalem to sell them on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing-desecrating the Sabbath day?" And when evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, he ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over.

Moreover, he rebuked those who intermarried with the Gentiles. He found out that a grandson of a priest became the son-in-law of Sanballat and evicted the priest out. By doing so, he made everything be prepared for the Israelites to worship God.


Teachings for Us

Here ended the records about Nehemiah the righteous man and prophet.

The history of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem by Nehemiah is a symbol of the history of building the spiritual city Jerusalem. So it has a very important meaning in this age when the new Jerusalem is being built.

Nehemiah worked for God's glory and loved Jerusalem where God's holy name was. We are impressed by his thought and faith.

In the period when kings' words were as powerful as laws, to look sad in front of a king could mean death. However Nehemiah didn't hesitate but went to the king and asked him to let him go to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah was so eager to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem which God loved that he didn't fear the enemies who interrupted his rebuilding the wall but kept building it, depending on God who created the heavens and the earth.

Those who are like Sanballat and Tobiah are interrupting our building the wall of Jerusalem today. If there were no interruption today, there would have been no interruption in the time of Nehemiah. Because the history of building the physical Jerusalem city is a copy, and the history of building the new Jerusalem in this age is the reality.

Just as most people interrupted Nehemiah, people around us, those who do not want the new Jerusalem to be built, are interrupting us. Their interruption will last until the new Jerusalem is completed.

When the earthly Jerusalem was almost completed, the enemies gave a false prophecy to intimidate Nehemiah and the Jews. The same thing will happen in the last days.

What is certain is that the enemies cannot stop God's work. The enemies attacked Nehemiah to stop his building the wall but God frustrated their plot. Therefore in building the new Jerusalem also, Christ Ahnsahnghong will frustrate the enemies' plot and help us, so we don't have to fear them.

As in the time of Nehemiah people built the wall with arms with them, we should also keep building new Jerusalem, fighting against those who interrupt the work.

When we keep faith in the Holy Spirit and the Bride, fight a good faith for building the new Jerusalem and overcome all interruptions, we will have the name of new Jerusalem and the new name of Jesus written on our foreheads.

Rev 3:11-12 『I am coming soon. … Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of … the new Jerusalem, … and I will also write on him my new name.』

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Let us make man, Heavenly Mother(Church of God&Jerusalem Mother)

World Mission Society Church of God ♥Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Heavenly Mother

Ge 1:26~27 『Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."


So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.』

Rev 22:17 『The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!”. Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes let him take the free gift of the water of life.』

Rev 21:9~10 『One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.』
Gal 4:26 『But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.』

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Definition fo Heresy [wms cog, Teaching's Christ Ahnsahnghong&Jerusalem Mother]

1) The dictionary’s definition


① adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma
② dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice
③ an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards

2) The origin of the word

The word "heresy" comes from the Greek αἵρεσις, hairesis (from αἱρέομαι, haireomai, "choose"), meaning either a choice of beliefs, or a faction of dissident believers.

3) The Bible’s interpretation

Looking in the Bible, let us first locate the verses which mention the word "heresy."

Gal. 5:20, KJV 『Idolatry, witchcraft...wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,』
2 Pet. 2:1 『...They will secretly introduce destructive heresies...』
Tit. 3:10, KJV『 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject...』

4) The Doctrine of Christianity

At the time of the Early Church, heresy was considered to be any opinion or doctrine which deviated from the truth of the Early Church, from those who followed only the teachings of Jesus. In other words, the religious organizations that do not follow the words of God, which have been written in the Bible, are heretical.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Knowledge - History of Israel 2(Church of God believe in God the Mother

▶ 5. Period of the Kings
In the period of Samuel, who was the last judge, the people asked God to set a king over them, and God set Saul, a Benjamite, as king (1 Samuel chapters 11-13).

After Saul was on the throne 40 years and died in a battle against Philistines (Ac 13:21, 1 Sa 31:1-13), David became king and ruled 40 years (2 Sa 5:4).

After David died, his son Solomon became king and ruled 40 years as well (1 Ki 11:42).


▶ 6. Period of the Separated Kingdoms

(ref. The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life chap. 8 「The Mystery of the Passover」)

After King Solomon died, Israel was divided into two, Judah in south ruled by King Rehoboam and Israel in north ruled by King Jeroboam (B.C. 975, 1 Ki 12:1-24).

(1) Israel in north

Israel indulged in idolatry from the beginning and incurred the wrath of God. It was destroyed by Shalmaneser king of Assyria in the 255th year after its establishment (B.C. 721, 2 Ki 17:1-18).

All the people were deported to a far area (2 Ki 17:6), and instead many other peoples moved in Samaria (2 Ki 17:24).

(2) Judah in south

Judah did not follow God's commandments faithfully, but it could be protected by God (2 Ki 18:21-19:37) by keeping the Passover in the period of King Hezekiah (2 Ch 30:1-27). Afterwards it was protected for about 100 years.


▶ 7. Time of the Babylonian Exile and Return From the Exile

Judah knew that Israel was destroyed because they treated God's decrees and laws with contempt. However, Judah didn't try hard to serve God and sometimes ignored God's decrees and laws. So God delivered it into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar, and let it know God's true will.

(1) Time of the Babylonian Exile → When Judah was taken captives over three times (1st time in B.C. 606, 2nd time in B.C. 597, 3rd time in B.C. 586,) God prophesied through Jeremiah that they would be back to Judah after 70 years.

(2) Return to Jerusalem from Babylon → As God had prophesied, Babylon was destroyed by Media-Persia, and in the 70th year after the Jews became captives, God moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia, and Cyrus made a proclamation throughout his realm and put it in writing that the Jews might go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD. The Jews gave thanks and praises to the almighty God and returned to their home country to build the temple (1st time in B.C. 537, 2nd time in B.C. 457, Ezra chapters 1-3).

(3) Judah was a tributary to Media-Persia. It became a tributary to Ptolemy dynasty (of Egypt) due to Alexander's expedition to India and Greek disruption into 4 dynasties, and a tributary to Seleucid dynasty next. While they were a tributary to Seleucid dynasty, Greek idols were introduced into the temple, and the temple was almost trampled on. However, it got independence and secured the autonomous rights in the end. In B.C. 63, it became a tributary to Rome because it brought Rome in its internal dispute.

Rome set Herod as a king of Judah. When Herod was still king, Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judah.


▶ 8. Jesus' Birth and Jerusalem's Fall and Restoration

The Jews didn't receive the Christ who came to save them. They crucified Him on the cross and persecuted the Christianity.

They rose many revolts against Rome to be independent. However, Israel was destroyed in A.D. 70 by Titus, a general of Rome. One million and one hundred thousand people died; ninety-seven thousand people were taken captives; and the rest were scattered among the nations and became wanderers as a stateless people. It became independent by England's help in 1948 when the 2nd World War was over.

Israel's independence lets us know the time of Jesus' second coming and it also shows us that the time of the spiritual Israel to return home is very near.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

BIblical Knowledge-History fo Israel 1(Church of God&Christ Ahnsahnghong)

▶ Why do we have to learn the history of Israel?

It is because we can know what we, the spiritual Israelites, will experience through the history of the physical Israel.

Let's understand what will happen to us, through the prophetical parts of the physical Israelite history, not through the political parts so that we can have appropriate faith as the sons and daughters of God.

Let's classify the history of Israel briefly.

1) From Adam to Noah
2) From Noah to Abraham
3) From Abraham to Moses
4) From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan That of the Judges
4) From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan and That of the Judges

5) Period of the Kings
6) Period of the Separated Kingdoms
7) Time of the Babylonian Exile and Return from the Exile
8) Jesus' Birth and Jerusalem's Fall and Restoration

▶ 1. From Adam to Noah

The line from Adam, the forefather of mankind, to Noah is written in detail in Genesis chapter 5. As the number of men increased, mEn's wickedness became great. So God judged them by water.

This judgment was written down as a warning for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

Mt 24:37-39 "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."

2 Pe 3:6 "By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men."


▶  2. From Noah to Abraham

After the flood in the days of Noah, men tried to build a Babel city so that they wouldn't be scattered, but God confused their language. Their plan to build the Babel city failed, and they were scattered over the face of the whole earth.

Afterward God's blessings were given to Abraham, a righteous man. Abraham lived in Ur of the Chaldeans with his father Terah, and moved to Haran. Then he moved to the land of Canaan as God had commanded him (Ge 11:31-12:5).

▶ 3. From Abraham to Moses

(1) Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of 12 sons. The 11th son, Joseph, was sold to Egypt because his brothers were jealous of him (Ge 37:1-36).

(2) Joseph who was sold to Egypt became a ruler of all Egypt by God's grace (Genesis chapters 39-41).

(3) Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt because of a shortage of food due to the seven years of famine in Canaan. They met Joseph, who had become a ruler of Egypt. Then Jacob and his family moved to Egypt, leaving Canaan to live there (Genesis chapters 39-47).

(4) Joseph and all people in that age died, and a new Pharaoh who didn't know Joseph made Jacob's offspring slaves and mistreated them. The Israelites prayed God earnestly to save them from the slavery. God heard their prayers and had Moses be born.

* Pharaoh : Hebrew- , Greek - φαραώ

It was the title of the kings of Egypt. In the Egyptian language the word pharaoh means "great house." This word was originally used to describe the palace of the king.


▶ 4. From the Exodus to the Period in Canaan and That of the Judges

(1) The Exodus was a great event through which the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt experienced God's great power (Ex 12:1-51). By keeping the Passover they were saved from a dreadful disaster in which every Egyptian firstborn―both men and animals―were killed.

They crossed the Red Sea by the power of God and began their journey in the desert.

After the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. They set up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month the next year (Exodus chapters 19, 20, 35, 36 and 40).

(2) When the Israelites arrived near Canaan, 12 spies were sent to explore the land. They spread a bad report about it, and the Israelites had to wander in the desert 40 years because of the spies' bad report (Numbers chapters 13-14).

(3) After 40 years, the Israelites who followed God could conquer the land of Canaan, being led by Joshua (Joshua chapters 1-24).

(4) In the land of Canaan whenever the Israelites worshiped idols, they were conquered and oppressed by the pagans. Whenever such a thing happened, God appointed a leader. The leaders were called judges.

※ Judges → military heroes or deliverers who led the nation of Israel against their enemies during the period between the death of Joshua and the establishment of the kingship. The judges are not transmitted from generation to generation.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Characters-Daniel II(Church of God&God the Mother&Ahnsahnghong)

* Daniel Saw Visions
* Teachings for Us
* Missing Jerusalem

☆ Daniel Saw Visions

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw visions in his dream.

Great winds churned up the great sea and four great beasts came up out of the sea. The first was like a lion, the second a bear, the third a leopard and the fourth beast was terrifying and frightening and very powerful. The fourth one had large iron teeth and it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It had ten horns and a little horn came up among them and the three of the first horns were uprooted before it.

And this little horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully. He spoke against the Most High and oppressed his saints and tried to change the set times and the laws. The saints were handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. However as God's court sat, the little horn's power was taken away and completely destroyed forever and the power was handed over to the saints of the Most High.

Daniel had mixed feelings after seeing these visions.

He was very worried, foreseeing the trials and suffering the Church of God would face. However he also saw the visions that the everlasting kingdom would be given to the people of God in the end.

In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, Daniel had a vision again (Da 8). The ram with two horns represented Media-Persia which would rule after Babylon and the goat which knocked the ram down to the ground coming from the east represented Greece.

And he also saw that four horns would come out of the goat and that out of them would come one horn and grow and oppose God. Daniel chapters 9 through 12 are all the visions Daniel saw.

He also saw a vision that in the last days Michael, the great prince who protects God's people, would arise and that there would be a time of distress and that everyone whose name was found written in the book would be saved.

☆ Teachings for Us

Daniel was taken prisoner when he was a young boy. He knew that the reason why the power of Judah declined and perished was because the Jews didn't keep God's commands. However he believed that God loved His people.

So even when he was taken prisoner to Babylon, he didn't lose his love and faith in God and he tried to keep God's commands.

God chose young Daniel to prophesy the great hardship God's people would face in the future and the glory they would obtain afterwards. It was because Daniel had sincere and true faith in God.

Daniel loved his country more than others and asked God for forgiveness of the sins his ancestors committed. Especially when the period of 70 years, which prophet Jeremiah prophesied, was almost over, he pleaded with God in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Da 9:1-20 『 … we have sinned, we have done wrong. O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. … 』

There are many things we should learn from the prophet Daniel.

Daniel didn't give up his faith in God even when he was thrown into the lions' den. We should imitate his strong faith in this age.

Daniel knew very well that he would be thrown into the lions' den if he worshiped any other god except the king for 30 days. However he could neither give up his faith in God nor stop worshiping God who created him and controls every life. If Daniel had stopped worshiping God for 30 days, being afraid of death, his name would not have been written in the Bible.

"King commanded all the people not to worship other gods except him for this month, so it will be better to stop worshiping God for a month and try harder next month." If we think like this, we will keep away from God whenever we face a difficult situation.

The faith of Daniel's three friends also gives us a great teaching to us.

When King Nebuchadnezzar found out that there were some who did not obey his command, he was very furious with rage. However he wanted the three to worship his god and asked them once more to worship the image of gold.
"If you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"

Even when they were going to die in a fire with the king's command, their faith did not change.

"O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

Daniel and his friends had an absolute faith, not a conditional one. They absolutely believed that if they believe God sincerely, God will protect them and that the only god who can save them is God. Their names are still shining in the heavenly book of life.

Now we are living in the last age of the salvation work in six thousand years. We should have faith like them, actually stronger faith.
☆ Missing Jerusalem

The priests and the Jews forgot God's grace, stopped keeping His commands but worshiped pagan gods.

So the temple and the city in Jerusalem were destroyed and they were taken captive to Babylon which worshiped other gods.

Daniel prayed in front of the windows which were opened toward Jerusalem every day. He missed his home country and pleaded with God to allow the Jews to offer sacrifice to Him in Jerusalem according to God's law.

After the apostolic age, the feasts and decrees of the new covenant which were kept in the heavenly Jerusalem disappeared and the temple was destroyed.

We, God's people, became captives to Babylon and we were persecuted and forced to worship pagan gods. This was because we neither followed the laws and decrees of heaven, nor obeyed God, rather we were captured by the false doctrines and thoughts the devil sowed.

Now we miss the heavenly Jerusalem, the old home of our spirit like Daniel, and are praying earnestly to go there soon. We are longing for the day when we will live forever, looking at the merciful eyes of Mother in the embrace of heavenly Jerusalem.

source : http://english.watv.org/

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.

Biblical Characters-Daniel I(Church of God&God the Mother&Ahnsahnghong)

* Meaning of the Name, "Daniel"
* Historical Background
* Daniel Interpreted the King's Dream (Daniel Chapter 2)
* Nebuchadnezzar Made an Image of Gold (Daniel Chapter 3)
* Destruction of Babylon
* Daniel Was Thrown into a Lions' Den (Daniel Chapter 6)

☆ Meaning of the Name, "Daniel"
The name "Daniel" means that God is my Judge
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Daniel was taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his name was changed into Belteshazzar. He was a prophet of God and the writer of Daniel, a book of the Old Testament.
☆ Historical Background

Since the people of Judah left God's law and the priests and the whole people were corrupted, God made King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquer them. Judah promised him to bring tribute to him and sent young men from the royal family and the nobility as prisoners. Among them were Daniel and his three friends (The 1st Captivity).

Afterwards, Judah allied with Egypt and refused to bring tribute to Babylon, then in B.C. 597 many Jews were taken captive by Babylon (The 2nd Captivity). And in the 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar, in B.C. 587, Judah was completely destroyed by Babylon. The Jerusalem temple was destroyed and many people were killed and wounded. Everyone was taken prisoner except the poorest people (3rd Captivity).

☆ Daniel Interpreted the King's Dream (Daniel Chapter 2)

Daniel and his friends faced a great danger. King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream but forgot it. He wanted to know his dream and its interpretation from sorcerers and astrologers.

However the astrologers couldn't know what he had dreamed of and he bursted with anger and commanded to kill everyone of them. He hadn't asked Daniel and his friends if they could interpret his dream, but he wanted to kill all men who believed in a god.

Daniel went before the king and asked to give him more time not because he was afraid of death, but because it was an insult to God that they who believed in God were going to be executed with those who believed in false gods.

Finally Daniel and his friends received an answer for their prayer from God and interpreted the statue which the king saw in his dream. Nebuchadnezzar was very surprised at their interpretation and fell prostrate before Daniel. He paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. He praised Daniel's God, appointed Daniel to an administrator of Babylon and his three friends to a satrap of each province [provincial governor].

The dream Daniel interpreted was about what would happen in days to come. The interpretation was as follows: After Babylon which was described as gold, a kingdom like silver would rise; and the third kingdom like bronze would rise after the second kingdom; and the fourth kingdom as strong as iron would rise after the third one; and the fourth kingdom would be divided; and then a rock cut out of a mountain would smash the statue and fill the whole earth, which means that an eternal kingdom would be established by Christ.

☆ Nebuchadnezzar Made an Image of Gold (Daniel Chapter 3)

After Daniel interpreted the dream, Nebuchadnezzar had mixed feelings. He was proud that his kingdom was described as gold, the most valuable metal, but he was so worried about the interpretation that his kingdom would be destroyed by a kingdom like silver.

'Isn't Babylon the kingdom I have established with all my heart and soul? I have gained this kingdom, passing lots of crisis of death! This kingdom is my territory that I will inherit to my offsprings!'

He made a large image of gold on the plain of Dura. Maybe he didn't want to wait until Babylon got weaker as Daniel's God had told him, and he wanted his empire to last forever, depending on his god,

He made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and gathered all the officials and made them fall down and worship the image of gold.

Daniel's three friends were also officials who administrated over the provinces so they attended the inauguration ceremony but did not fall down or worship the image of gold like the others.

It was because among the Ten Commandments the first commandment was not to worship other gods, and the second commandment was not to bow down to any idol. Somebody told about them to the king and the three were thrown into a blazing furnace. The blazing furnace was so hot, seven times hotter than usual, that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took them up.
However, when King Nebuchadnezzar saw inside of the fire, he saw four men who were not burnt in the blazing furnace. An angel sent from God was with them, protecting them from the fire.
Although King Nebuchadnezzar worshiped other gods, he saw the power of God and realized that his decision was wrong. He let them come out of the blazing furnace and gave glory and praise to God.
"Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God."

☆ Destruction of Babylon

Time passed and Babylon was ruled by King Belshazzar.

King Belshazzar was addicted to sensual pleasures and neglected his work of administrating his kingdom. He didn't fear God. He drank wine from the gold and silver goblets which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. He praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone. Finally God's wrath came upon him and he died at that night, and Babylon was destroyed by Media-Persia.

☆ Daniel Was Thrown into a Lions' Den (Daniel Chapter 6)

Daniel was appointed as an administrator of Media by King Darius of Media, and other officials became jealous of them.

They were dissatisfied with that Daniel, a foreigner, ruled them. They looked for Daniel's faults but they couldn't. They had no choice but to blame him for his keeping the law of God.

They urged the king and said, "King, please enforce that anyone who prays to any god or man during the next thirty days, except to you, shall be thrown into the lions' den." Saying as if they had wanted to show the authority of the king by making people worship the king only, they tempted the king to put a decree in writing and seal it with his signet ring.

At that time, the law of Media-Persia didn't allow anyone even including the king to change anything which the king put in writing and sealed it with his signet ring.

Daniel knew that the decree had been published. However, he couldn't stop worshiping God. He missed Jerusalem where God's temple was located so eagerly that he prayed with the windows open which faced Jerusalem. His enemies knew very well when and where Daniel prayed. They secretly watched him praying and reported it to the king.

☆ "Daniel violates your law and prays to his God three times a day."

The king knew that something was going wrong.

However he couldn't do anything because there was a document he had already put in writing. Those who made a charge against Daniel urged the king, and the king made an order to throw him into the lions' den. However the king loved Daniel so much that his heart was torn with sorrow. At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions' den and called to Daniel.

"Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?"

As soon as the king said this, Daniel's voice came out from the lions' den.

"O king, my God sent his angel, and He shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in His sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, O king."

When Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him because he had trusted in God truly. The king commanded to throw the men who had falsely accused Daniel into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

♡ Christ Ahnsahnghong & Jerusalem Mother ♡

World Mission Society Church of God(WMS COG)

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, and restored the new covenant.

The truth of the new covenant has been spreading rapidly throughout the country. As a result, over 400 branch Churches have been established nationwide in the past half century.

All the Churches celebrate the feasts of God including the Passover of the new covenant, and speedily carry out the gospel work according to the prophecy of the Bible.